Wire stretcher and splicer.



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Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

MIKE WELDON GOBNETT, OF MIAMI, TEXAS.

WIRE STRETCHER AND SPLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. NOV. 14:, 1911.

Application filed December 7, 1909. Serial No. 531,755.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIKE W. CORNETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Miami, in the county of Roberts and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved WVire Stretcher and Splicer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved wire stretcher and splicer, for stretching and splicing fence wire or for tying wire around bales and the like in a very simple manner. For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a handled winding shaft, having an eye and an arm, in which the said winding shaft is mounted to turn, the arm having at its free end a hook for engagement with a loop on one end of a! wire when splicing two wires, or for engagement with a fence post when stretching a wire.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool as applied for splicing wires; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of two wires partly spliced; Fig. 4 is a like view of the wires completely spliced; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tool as arranged for stretching a wire on a fence post.

A winding shaft A is provided at one end with a handle B, and the said shaft is mounted to turn in spaced bearings C, C of an arm G, approximately U-shaped and terminating at its free end in a hook C and provided. at its side arms with outwardly-extending lugs (3*. Eye pins D, D, l) are held on the winding shaft A in such a manner that the eyes of the pins are in alinement for the reception of a rod E, extending parallel to the shaft A and across the arm C, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, to prevent the shaft from turning in the bearings of the arm. One end of the rod E is provided with a knob or a handle E, adapted to abut against the eye of the pin D at the time the rod E is in position in the several eyes D, D and D The eyes D and D are located adjacent to the bearings C and C of the arm C, so as to hold the latter against movement in the direction of the axis of the shaft A, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

The shaft A is provided with an eye F, located between the bearings C, C the eye being preferably formed'by providing the shaft A with a diametrical aperture for a purpose hereinafter more fully described. A chain G (see Fig. 5) is adapted to be passed around a fence post H and the end links are adapted to hook onto the lugs C A pin I is adapted to be inserted in the eye F, and the said pin is connected with one end of a chain I, carrying at its other end a wire grip I In using the tool for splicing two wires J and K, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, then the loop J on the end of the wire J is hooked onto the hook C and the other wire K is passed through the said loop J, and its end is passed through the eye F, after which the shaft A is turned so as to wind up the wire K and then stretch the same to the desired degree. When this has been done, the operator swings the tool around in the direction of the arrow at, the hook C being the fulcrum, until the tool assumes the position indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. In swinging the tool around in the manner described, the

wire K is formed into a loop K engaging the loop J, and then the tool is turned several times in a transverse direction, so that the end of the wire K is formed into a twist K as indicated in Fig. 4, thus splicing the wires J and K. The terminal of the twist K is next cut and the tool is removed from the wires J and K.

When it is desired to stretch a wire L (see Fig. 5), then the hook C is abutted against the fence post H and the chain G is passed around the fence post and connected with the lugs G which hold the tool in position approximately in alinement with the wire L. The pin I is next engaged with the eye F, and the grip I is connected with the wire L to be stretched, and then the operator turns the shaft A so that the chain I winds on the shaft A, and the grip I draws the wire L forward so as to stretch the same to the desired degree.

It is understood that when using the tool for splicing purposes, the pin I, the chain I and the wire grip I are not used, and

when the tool is employed for stretching a wire, the rod E is dispensed with.

The wire stretcher and splicer shown and described is very simple and durable in construction, and can be easily manipulated to readily splice two wires or to stretch a wire.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A combined wire splicer and stretcher, comprising a winding shaft having a handle and an eye, an arm having spaced bearings for the said shaft to turn in, the arm having a hook at its free end and the said eye being intermediate the said bearings, eye pins on the said shaft one adjacent to each bearing, said pins having their eyes in alinement, and a rod for engagement with the eyes of the said pins.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MIKE WELDON CORNETT.

WVitnesses R. F; GILMAN, L. G. DANA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

